MRI Danger Signs
MRI Danger Sign Restricted access
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       P/N 03-E8819B 		MRI Danger Siign Spanish - Peligro acceso prohibido
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       P/N 03-E8819C 		MRI Danger Sign Unauthorized entry
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       P/N 03-E8840B

Danger Sign 4" x 10" English

MRI Danger Sign 4" x 10" Spanish - Peligro
Regarding Controlled Access for MR Facilities and the Use of Signs, please be advised of the following:

According to the U. S. Department Of Health and Human Services
Center for Devices and Radiological Health Food and Drug Administration, the document entitled, Guidance for the Submission Of Premarket Notifications for Magnetic Resonance Diagnostic Devices (issued November 14, 1998), Attachment B, Recommended User Instructions for a Magnetic Resonance Diagnostic Device, section B. 5 Controlled Access Area states:

"The controlled access area should be labeled "Danger - High Magnetic Field" at all entries.

Operators should be warned by appropriate signs about the presence of magnetic fields and their force and torque on magnetic materials, and that loose ferrous objects should be excluded.

Here's safety protection and final reminders for operators, doctors, patients and hospital staff.

High-visibility red, black, and white exclusion signs are virtually impossible to miss.

Two security signs mounted at an entrance to the magnet room itself alert everyone who enters that loose metallic objects may become dangerous projectiles.

Don't let your safety warnings get left behind the door. If your door opens against the wall, consider posting signs on each side of the door. Make sure your warning signs are visible, whether the door is open or shut.

Item Number Description
03-E8819B MRI Exclusion Danger Sign 12" x 19" in English
03-E8819C MRI Exclusion Danger Sign In Spanish
03-E8840B MRI Danger Sign in English
      
Item Number Description
03-DECAL 4" X 10" decal
03-E8820C 4" x 10" Spanish Door Frame Sign
03-E8820B 4" x 10" English Door Frame Sign
 

Documented Accident Cases Involving Non-MRI Safe Equipment

Source: FDA MAUDE Database
Access Number: 371015
Report Type: Injury
Date FDA Received: 12/12/2001

It was reported that, during the installation of a scanner, a drywall subcontractor was injured. Their finger was caught between the steel electrical box, PT was in the process of installing, and the magnet steel. PT had been waened about the hazards of working around an energized magnet and had ignored a posted sign.

 

Documented Accident Cases Involving Non-MRI Safe Equipment

Source: FDA MAUDE Database
Access Number: M143702
Report Type: Serious Injury
Date FDA Received: 09/23/1987

An MRI unit was in operation at the hospital. A PT was being scanned. Present in the control room were hospital employees and an employee of manufacturer. A workman employee by a contractor of the hospital came in the control room to do some work in the magnet room. The operator told the workman that he could not perform any work at the moment because a PT was being scanned. The workman left and went to the head of the imaging department and got a key to the back door of the magnet room. On this back door was a warning in arabic, hebrew, and english that there was a magnet in this room. The workman ignored the sign and entered the room. He had a magnetic tool which flew out of his hand, hit the back door of the magnet, which is covered by copper mesh and plexiglass, and broke the plexiglass. A piece of the plexiglass cut the head of the PT who was being scanned. The PT incurred a scalp laceration which was stitched and PT was released.

 
Photo courtesy of Radiological Sciences Laboratory,
Richard M. Lucas Center for MRS/I,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
Department of Radiology Stanford, CA
Photo courtesy of St. Mary's Warwick Hospital, Boonville, IN
 
 
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